The entire thing is worth a read—Crosby talks about, among other things, his continuing recovery from concussions, his lightning-rod status, his personal goals, the Penguins' future after three straight early eliminations, Nicklas Lidstrom and grocery shopping. One takeaway point, though, is that if he indeed injured Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux during the postseason, he doesn't care. Giroux said Crosby slashed him in the faceoff circle hard enough to fracture his wrists.

"I really like to win the face-off," Crosby said, "I don’t try to go after his wrists but if I caught it, I’m not sorry for it. I think it’s hilarious I hear that stuff from Philly. It’s comedy to me to be honest with you. They’re probably involved in that stuff more than any team in the league and they’re the ones always talking about it. I guess I’m not apologetic. I was trying to win a faceoff and if I caught his wrist, then I caught his wrist. He seemed to play OK, so I couldn’t have hurt him that bad.”

Crosby also talked about the role new center Brandon Sutter will play when the NHL lockout ends, and the guy Sutter was traded for: Jordan Staal, who will play with his brother Eric with the Carolina Hurricanes after a breakout offensive season and big-money contract extension. Crosby and some of his other teammates found out about it at Staal's wedding in June.

"I still remember, Staalsy was up at the head table with his new bride. We all kind of got the text at the same time. We were in shock. It was kind of weird," Crosby said. "A lot to happen in one day, especially for him and Heather. If anything, when we all sat down and absorbed it, it was probably a good thing we were all there. Usually a guy gets traded, it’s quick. You see him and ‘See ya.’ It’s good. It actually worked out better that we were all there. We knew it was a possibility. We just didn’t know it would happen at that exact moment."